In this first book of Butler's "Xenogenesis" series, Lilith Iyapo awakens to find herself a captive on a spaceship. Her last memory is of a time centuries earlier when she was traveling in the Andes, mourning the death of her family. A nuclear war destroyed the planet, and the alien Oankali's came to rescue the survivors. But their form of rescue includes an uplift of the people they consider primitive by merging with them genetically.
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In this first book of Butler's "Xenogenesis" series, Lilith Iyapo awakens to find herself a captive on a spaceship. Her last memory is of a time centuries earlier when she was traveling in the Andes, mourning the death of her family. A nuclear war destroyed the planet, and the alien Oankali's came to rescue the survivors. But their form of rescue includes an uplift of the people they consider primitive by merging with them genetically.
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Like New. Size: 9x6x1; Hardcover with dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. First printing. Copyright 1987 with complete number line to 1. 264pp. Previous owner's initials on front endpaper (singular blemish). Navy quarter-cloth with gold spine titles, teal boards show minimal wear. Book is minutely shelf-cocked. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is covered with protective mylar, shows minimal edge wear, excellent condition. Binding is tight, hinges strong. APPEARS UNREAD.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good in Good jacket. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 264pp. Lower 1 1/2" of dj with foxing, which has transferred over to the paper-covered boards. Okay, we know that we hate foxing on books and paper, but unless you need an expensive fine copy, this may work for you. The book has no bumps or other flaws other than (! ) the foxing. The dj is, other than the foxing (! ) near fine and unclipped. As a professional bookseller I am not particularly happy endorsing a copy with this visual issue, but the copy is not a clunker, either. From the dj: Butler's "...first major work since winning the coveted Hugo and Nebula awards..."
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; First printing with number line to 1. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner at title page. 264 pages. Navy quarter-cloth with gold spine titles over teal papered boards, near fine with small bump to rear corner of spine head, tiny bump to bottom fore-edge corner of rear panel. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good or near fine in Mylar, with slight toning, light edgewear including slight bumping to spine tips and bottom fore-edge corners. Pages bright, text unmarked.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Quarto. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some edgeewear and including light shallow creases. Signed by Butler on the title page.
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Very good. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Warner Books, New York, 1987. 264 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ex-library item with library stamp present to the title page. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer, increased human strength, and they now want Lilith to lead her people back to Earth—but salvation comes at a price. Hopeful and thought-provoking, this post-apocalyptic narrative deftly explores gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change.; Xenogenesis; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 264 pages.
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Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Minor wear to the dust jacket. Light wear to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacekt. A very collectible copy in excellent condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.